I recall watching 3 movies recently. Tower Heist, Rise of the planet of the apes and Looper. Personally, I am a sucker for happy endings (sad endings depress me, make me restless even though its just a movie!) I realised that all three movies do not have happy endings but right endings and yet I felt content.
So what exactly is this difference between a happy ending vis-a-vis a right ending?
Given his noble intention of stealing back what rightfully belonged to him and his staff, I would have loved Kovaks character walking away scot-free like the rest of his gang in Tower Heist. However, a sentence albeit tantamount to a slap on the wrist was necessary instead of all of them getting away because no matter the best of intentions, a crime had been committed.
Everyone is happy eventually as they get back more than what was wrongfully stolen from them (indeed their investements tripled as Kovaks had aspired initially) however Kovaks in a jumpsuit in the end was a kind of dampener on a perfectly happy ending. Still, it endeared him even more as he took the fall for the team and also the crime did not go unpunished. A bitter sweet end yet a right ending.
I would have hoped that in Rise of the planet of the apes, Caeser returns to Will, to his safe, protected and innocent life again. That they find a cure for the humanity killing virus ALZ-113. (that is an open window to a sequel, everyone is interested in finding out how it plays out.) However, they show Caesar going back to his natural environment, where he truly belongs and thereby fulfilling what nature intended for him. Bitter sweet again yet an absolutely right end. Though it doesn't fulfill what I had selfishly hoped for, I am not complaining.
Joe kills himself in Looper so as to stop a chain of reactions that would lead Cid to become a ruthless, bitter murderer, driven by vengeance in the future. He gives Cid a chance to grow up normally, supported by his mothers love, support and a caring, encouraging environment, thereby saving many lives in the future but sacrificng his own life, desires and aspirations for that to happen. I would have wanted Joe to somehow escape and live, mend his ways and realise a meaningful life yet his action and its consequences are apt and acceptable.
Now, I don't need to highlight the importance of endings. Endings are as crucial as the whole movie. So it may not have turned out what i would have hoped for but at the end of the movie I feel content. One may guess and trace its roots in humanity's inherent sense of right and wrong that we learn to make our peace and eventually accept what is correct in real and reel life. That is why a right ending is more appropriate and satisfactory than a happy ending.
- S. Chaudhary
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So what exactly is this difference between a happy ending vis-a-vis a right ending?
Given his noble intention of stealing back what rightfully belonged to him and his staff, I would have loved Kovaks character walking away scot-free like the rest of his gang in Tower Heist. However, a sentence albeit tantamount to a slap on the wrist was necessary instead of all of them getting away because no matter the best of intentions, a crime had been committed.Everyone is happy eventually as they get back more than what was wrongfully stolen from them (indeed their investements tripled as Kovaks had aspired initially) however Kovaks in a jumpsuit in the end was a kind of dampener on a perfectly happy ending. Still, it endeared him even more as he took the fall for the team and also the crime did not go unpunished. A bitter sweet end yet a right ending.
I would have hoped that in Rise of the planet of the apes, Caeser returns to Will, to his safe, protected and innocent life again. That they find a cure for the humanity killing virus ALZ-113. (that is an open window to a sequel, everyone is interested in finding out how it plays out.) However, they show Caesar going back to his natural environment, where he truly belongs and thereby fulfilling what nature intended for him. Bitter sweet again yet an absolutely right end. Though it doesn't fulfill what I had selfishly hoped for, I am not complaining.Joe kills himself in Looper so as to stop a chain of reactions that would lead Cid to become a ruthless, bitter murderer, driven by vengeance in the future. He gives Cid a chance to grow up normally, supported by his mothers love, support and a caring, encouraging environment, thereby saving many lives in the future but sacrificng his own life, desires and aspirations for that to happen. I would have wanted Joe to somehow escape and live, mend his ways and realise a meaningful life yet his action and its consequences are apt and acceptable.
Now, I don't need to highlight the importance of endings. Endings are as crucial as the whole movie. So it may not have turned out what i would have hoped for but at the end of the movie I feel content. One may guess and trace its roots in humanity's inherent sense of right and wrong that we learn to make our peace and eventually accept what is correct in real and reel life. That is why a right ending is more appropriate and satisfactory than a happy ending.
- S. Chaudhary
Pictures Courtesy : Google Images
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